élancement
French, noun/e.lɑ̃s.mɑ̃/
élancement is spelled É-L-A-N-C-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 122,418th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Élancement is a French masculine noun meaning “throbbing or shooting pain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de faire un élan”.
What does élancement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethrobbing or shooting pain
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de faire un élan. 2. Impression douloureuse, subite, aiguë et de peu de durée, ressentie dans une partie du corps et provenant d'une cause interne. 3. Mouvement affectueux et subit de l’âme. 4. Longueur des vaisseaux excédant celle de la quille.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of élancement
- élancements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce élancement?
- /e.lɑ̃s.mɑ̃/
- \e.lɑ̃s.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to élancement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is élancement in French?
élancement appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).